Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The qualification for the 1972 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament assigned quota places to sixteens teams: the host, seven teams from the world championships, four continental champions and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively.[1]

Qualification summary

Qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	26 April 1966	Rome	1	West Germany
1970 World Championship	26 February – 8 March 1970	France	7	Romania  East Germany  Yugoslavia  Denmark  Sweden  Czechoslovakia  Hungary
Asian qualification tournament	13–29 November 1971	Japan	1	Japan
American qualification tournament	2–6 February 1972	Elkhart	1	United States
European qualification tournament	15–25 March 1972	Spain	5	Soviet Union  Norway  Iceland  Poland  Spain
African qualification tournament	25–31 March 1972	Tunis	1	Tunisia
Total			16

Legend for qualification type

Qualified
Key	From	To
	World Championship	Olympic Tournament
	World Championship	Qualification Tournament

Host country

•  West Germany

World Championship

Main article: 1970 World Men's Handball Championship

Rank	Team
	Romania
	East Germany
	Yugoslavia
4	Denmark
5	West Germany
6	Sweden
7	Czechoslovakia
8	Hungary
9	Soviet Union
10	Japan
11	Iceland
12	France
13	Norway
14	Poland
15	Switzerland
16	United States

Asian qualification tournament

Main article: 1971 IHF Olympic Asian qualification tournament

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	4	4	0	0	74	24	+50	8	1972 Summer Olympics
2	Israel	4	1	0	3	46	63	−17	2[a]
3	South Korea	4	1	0	3	43	76	−33	2[a]
4	Taiwan (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts; (W) Withdraw
Notes:

1. Israel against South Korea +5 goals total 35–30

American qualification tournament

Main article: 1972 IHF Olympic American qualification tournament

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	70	35	+35	6	1972 Summer Olympics
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	57	31	+26	4
3	Argentina	3	1	0	2	53	64	−11	2
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	36	86	−50	0

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

European qualification tournament

Main article: 1972 IHF Olympic European qualification tournament

1972 IHF Olympic European qualification tournament

African qualification tournament

Main article: 1972 IHF Olympic African qualification tournament

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia (H)	5	4	0	1	97	86	+11	8	1972 Summer Olympics
2	Egypt	5	3	1	1	105	81	+24	7
3	Senegal	5	3	0	2	97	100	−3	6
4	Algeria	5	2	1	2	90	94	−4	5
5	Cameroon	5	2	0	3	91	99	−8	4
6	Morocco	5	0	0	5	83	103	−20	0

Source: Der Bund
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

References

1. Seiler, Karl (26 August 1971). "Handball: gezielte Olympiavorbereitung" [Handball: targeted preparation for the Olympic Games]. Neue Zürcher Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2021.